Aurene Sweetmeat Dish, 1903-1930
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Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.
Artifact
Sweetmeat dish
Date Made
1903-1930
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass
Object ID
73.157.34
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Martha L. Byrne in Memory of Reba Lowry Byrne and Ethel Lowry Rhodes.
Material
Glass (Material)
Blown glass
Aurene glass
Color
Blue
Yellow
Pink (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 4.75 in
Length: 6 in
Inscriptions
engraved on bottom: AURENE 287
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